NRNPH

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  1. Is there ever a time bedside report is inappropriate?

    NRNPH posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sore subject. Bedside report. I don't mind it at all. The only time I don't like to do bedside report is for confused patients, dementia, impulsive patients that are fall risks that you finally calmed...

  2. Thoughts?

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for the input! I wish my unit could explain and talk to each other in such a supportive and learning way. Its a practice, always things to learn and a different perspective to

  3. Thoughts?

    NRNPH posted a topic in General Nursing

    Quick background - we have certain patients that don't have hospitalist teams to text page because they are patients of MD's who have separate offices within the hospital so we have to call the...

  4. Thoughts?

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    Even though it is not their attending the NP's and PA's discharge for them and have access to their notes. Its hard to tell when they will round depending on their surgical schedules and when you call...

  5. Do I give up Nursing? How do I survive?

    NRNPH posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Some background. I've been a Nurse for a little over a year. Work nights. Like many hospitals understaffed and overworked. 6:1 ratios with high acuity patients, sometimes no CNA's or CNA's have half...

  6. Do I give up Nursing? How do I survive?

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thank you all for your advice and input thus far! I took a lot of things from each of you and it gave me some peace after must emotional turmoil and questioning morals/ethics. I appreciate the term...

  7. Do I give up Nursing? How do I survive?

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I like your perspective about burn out. When it comes to fault finding, 95% of my career has been spent fault finding in myself. Questioning what I could have done better and being very self critical....

  8. Do I give up Nursing? How do I survive?

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thank you for this. You are right, why let one job make me throw away the entire career - burn out. I guess I weirdly hate to admit it and have avoided that as a possibility. The thought that I could...

  9. Is there ever a time bedside report is inappropriate?

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously there are things we don't share in front of the patient what we don't need to be sharing but I found it odd that during shift change when I felt it was inappropriate to go into a patients...

  10. Help. Input. Agree. Disagree. Thoughts.

    NRNPH posted a topic in General Nursing

    I would love some input and bounce ideas off of anyone who is willing to give any thoughts on what they would have done in my situation. I refused to hang a feeding bag for a patient because of huge...

  11. Help. Input. Agree. Disagree. Thoughts.

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    wait you would serve the soda or you

  12. Help. Input. Agree. Disagree. Thoughts.

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    You had to have PPE to be around the pt. I always remind myself to be more mindful of my PPE pts and their immune

  13. Help. Input. Agree. Disagree. Thoughts.

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    We don't mix it. I believe the dietary unit does. But correct on the rest. I would have preferred to prepare a new bag/tubing. I didn't have one on that shift and I am sure we

  14. Help. Input. Agree. Disagree. Thoughts.

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    oh no. I don't know how long its been "uncovered". It could have been during transport. It's made on the first floor then moved and stored on our floor until we end up needing to use it. So I don't...

  15. Help. Input. Agree. Disagree. Thoughts.

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    Half of me wants to say I over thought it but the other half of me said I don't know the condition of the formula regardless of it being non sterile it was open to the environment around it because...

  16. Help. Input. Agree. Disagree. Thoughts.

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    i get that but in my head I imagined it as if you left your drink or food uncovered especially in a patient fridge that already has god knows what from nurses in and out of there from patient rooms...

  17. Help. Input. Agree. Disagree. Thoughts.

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    not worried about the tubing. worried that formula was open to it. just bacteria in general. i know its non sterile but still you wouldn't just leave a can open without a lid on it and then just use...

  18. Help. Input. Agree. Disagree. Thoughts.

    NRNPH replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    I can see that point. I know enteric isn't a sterile procedure but if that purple cap just gets connected right to whats going into the patient any bacteria that got on that purple end is going to...